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Lorne Ross reported it on SeeClickFix, under the heading, “Christmas in April,” and is clearly dismayed by the municipal faux pas, describing it as a “pitiful sight.

“They still have their Christmas tree up, with the decorations all fallen in a heap at the base. Pathetic. No one cares.”

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It reminded us of former neighbours who always went all out with exterior Christmas decorations. They’d still be there at the end of March, the blue lights twinkling and the inflatable Rudolph shrunken to a rubbery mound.

Everyone snickered because it wasn’t like they were really into Christmas and wanted to keep the festivities going. They just never got around to it.

Same thing at the Civic Centre, where we found the Yule tree occupying a prominent spot overlooking the public square. It is lashed in place with guy wires, to make sure nobody takes it down without a fight.

It’s hard to believe that workers who maintain the square could trudge past it for more than three months without thinking to get rid of it.

STATUS: The parks department is responsible for the square, so we asked Nancy Lowes, manager of Scarborough parks, to remove the tree. Lowes emailed Sunday to say she’d take care of it.

UPDATE: We reported Thursday on an appalling amount of trash strewn along the hydro corridor east of Neilson Rd. by Garbage Guy, who likes to dig garbage out of dumpsters and his neighbours’ bins and collect it behind his townhouse. We asked Toronto Hydro if it could clean it up, even though it is among Garbage Guy’s victims. A delighted neighbour told us the trash was gone the day after our column.

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